The Vietnamese ambassador to Thailand, Nguyen Duy Hung said that the upgrading of the relics is of great significance to not only overseas Vietnamese in the province of Udon Thani but also to all Vietnamese nationals living in Thailand.

He added that the multi-purpose house and the memorial complex will help generations of overseas Vietnamese in the province of Udon Thani as well as young people in Vietnam learn more about revolutionary activities of late President Ho Chi Minh. Local residents and overseas Vietnamese hope that the complex will become an attraction for tourists in future.

The first phase of the project was officially inaugurated on May 19, 2006 including the construction of a house where Uncle Ho lived and worked in 1928.

The second phase will include the construction of a multi-purpose house displaying photos of Uncle Ho’s revolutionary activities in Thailand and overseas Vietnamese’s daily lives, as well as a projection room and a reading room. The house will be completed in the next few months at a total cost of six million baht.

On the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, around 600 overseas Vietnamese in Thailand who have made great contributions to Vietnam’s two past resistance wars and its current process of national construction and defense, will receive honours from the State and the Government.

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